After the articles on Optimal Speed and Strength Profiling were published, we have received a lot of questions regarding MVT or Minimum Velocity Threshold. For those who missed it, MVT is also known as the 1RM speed or velocity at 1RM. While the optimal Speed corresponds to a target speed for best Power output, MVT is […]

In part 1 of Creating the Strength Profile series we explained a tweak in the warm up strategy that allows lifters to immediately gather feedback on their training readiness, understand their conditions for the day, and eventually adjust the following workout seamlessly. Two important takeaways from the article that we are going to use now […]

“Don’t train minimally, don’t train maximally, train OPTIMALLY!” Mell Siff Optimal Training is a path on a thin slack line connecting two states: where we are, our status right now and where we wish to be, or the status we want to reach. Just like funambulism, it is a very unstable and constantly vibrating path : no comfort is allowed, […]

The following article is a collection of Target Velocities found in literature to help you pick the correct speed considering your goal and your target. Remember training different kind of strengths requires different target speeds. They’re called Special Strengths for a reason! If you want to jump straight to the tables, I suggest you skip […]

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Browsing through our blog content or reading different articles on Velocity Based Training you may have encountered the terms strength-speed and speed-strength. Though they sound the same there is a difference between Strength-Speed and Speed-Strength. The first term, Strength-Speed refers to moving relatively heavy loads as fast as you can, The typical speed targets to develop this trait with Beast […]

Intro: The Exercise The Dimel Deadlift is a great exercise I’ve been using for a while among the many deadlift variations. I saw this exercise on a video posted by Dave Tate, and I decided to go see him because he is always a great source of inspiration and education! The exercise is a variation of the […]

Just for a moment, forget about all those “Bro Science” rep & set schemes found somewhere that promise to work so well because they’ve been proved by experience. You’re on a quest to get huge. Beast kind of Huge. Consistently kind of huge! That means a unique scheme won’t work for long: your body is adapting to […]

Here at Beast Technologies we believe Instant Live Feedback is a key feature in our application. We pride on displaying the values of the repetition as soon as it is marked and we believe this feature give the user many noticeable advantages: – Real Live Feedback pumps you for the next rep. If you hit a low […]

Recently I came across some articles about why Athletes should be tracked anywhere on the field. I think anyone practicing Strength Training to reach a specific goal should be tracking their efforts, so I decided to play this “game” and listed my 10 most important reasons everybody should use a tracking device when lifting. Any comment […]